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Journal of Special Education Technology

1982 Volume 5, Number 4

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Number of articles: 19

  1. Research on Multimedia Access to Microcomputers for Visually Impaired Youth

    S G. Ashcroft

    A project is underway which is examining tactual, auditory, and visual approaches to giving visually impaired students access to microcomputers. A three-module student instructional program, a... More

    pp. 12-15

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  2. The Trace Center International Hardware/Software Registry: Programs for Handicapped Students

    Mary Brady

    The Trace Center (University of Wisconsin) has assembled a registry of hardware/software programs and adaptations for the handicapped user. The registry contains information on augmentative devices... More

    pp. 16-21

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  3. Intellectual Prosthesis: Reality or Dream for the Severely/Profoundly Retarded Person

    James R. Lent

    Developments in artificial intelligence have relevance for the education of severely/profoundly retarded persons by enhancing the learning of facts, principles, skills and concepts and by providing... More

    pp. 22-24

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  4. Microcomputers in Special Education: Trends and Projections

    Charles L. Blaschke

    The article highlights trends in priority user needs and market information on microcomputer hardware/software for special education. Among trends noted are significant increases in microcomputer... More

    pp. 25-27

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  5. Least-Appropriate Hardware with Software for Students with Cognitive, Motor, and Perceptual Handicaps

    Kathleen M. Hurley

    The article reviews computer applications in special education (drill and practice, tutorial programs, simulations, gaming, discovery, and problem-solving programs) and suggests approaches for... More

    pp. 28-30

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  6. Trends in Microcomputer Application in Special Education

    Susan E. Elting

    Project EduTech, designed to provide technical assistance to state and local education agencies, has analyzed current uses of microcomputers in special education (noting the primary emphasis on... More

    pp. 31-32

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  7. Development and Applications of User Produced Interactive Videotape Instructional Materials

    Payne & Janice Antonow

    The authors describe their efforts to evaluate the effects of low- and high-level computer-manipulated interactive video instruction with mentally retarded students. Potential applications for... More

    pp. 33-36

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  8. Contingency Intervention with the Help of Microcomputers

    Richard P. Brinker

    A microcomputer-based system for providing contingency intervention for handicapped infants provided an environment in which children's actions produced clear consequences and the relationships... More

    pp. 37-39

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  9. Uses of a Portable Microprocessor-Based Communication System and Personal Computers in the Instruction of Persons with Severe Physical Disabilities

    Wesley R. Wilson

    The Alternative Communication System Project pilot tested a microcomputer-based communication device with five physically disabled students (8-15 years old). Ss exhibited a high level of accuracy... More

    pp. 40-41

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  10. A Learning Model for Computer Reading Programs

    John H. Hollis

    A learning/cognitive model for computer-based instruction in reading is designed to ensure the development of comprehension based on functional analysis of single-word reading. Six reading tasks ... More

    pp. 42-44

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  11. Applying Microcomputer Technology to Investigations of Communication Skills in Severely Hearing Impaired Children

    Robert T. Fulton

    A computerized audiovisual communications system requires only a touch response by young difficult-to-test hearing impaired children. The system focuses on single word reading comprehension and... More

    pp. 45-46

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  12. A Laboratory Data Collection Microcomputer for Handicapped Science Students

    David Lunney & Robert C. Morrison

    A microcomputer-based Universal Laboratory Training and Research Aid (ULTRA) provides meaningful laboratory access to blind students and students with upper limb disabilities. Using ULTRA, blind... More

    pp. 51-52

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  13. Student-Use Projects under Development by the Instructional Media Production Project for Severely Handicapped Students

    Three student-use instructional materials products for severely handicapped students are described. Two are instructional microcomputer software packages (one on spatial orientation and sequencing ... More

    pp. 54-58

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  14. Spreading the Word (Logo) Fearlessly

    Joan R. Forsdale

    The advantages of LOGO, a computer language, in the education of severely handicapped students are seen to include ease of programing and widespread use. Videotapes have been developed to help... More

    pp. 61-64

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  15. Computer Assisted Telecommunications: SpecialNet, an Expanding Resource

    Robert Campbell & Sharon Walsh

    SpecialNet, a computer-assisted telecommunications network for special educators, provides national and state bulletin boards on such topics as early childhood, policy, deafness, and rural... More

    pp. 65-68

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  16. Arc-Ed Curriculum: Applicability for Severely Handicapped Pupils

    Jerry D. Chaffin

    The Arc Ed Curriculum uses video game formats to teach math and language arts content. Four motivational features (feedback, improvement, high response rates, and unlimited ceiling on performance... More

    pp. 69-70

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  17. Software Publication Considerations and Special Education

    Victor E. Fuchs

    Market factors surrounding computer software in special education are examined, including proliferation of computers in schools, widespread marketing and distribution patterns for software,... More

    pp. 71-74

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  18. Using Technology to Teach Writing and Reading Skills

    R Wilburn Clouse

    The "Writing to Read" program uses microcomputers to teach a phonemically consistent alphabet, thus allowing children to write words phonetically while learning to read. Because the system requires... More

    pp. 75-76

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  19. The Timex-Sinclair 1000 as a Low Cost Communicator

    William F. Tracy

    A gestural-assisted menu-driven communication system for motorically impaired persons was developed using a low-cost microcomputer with adaptations and adjustments to hardware and software. (CL) More

    pp. 77-80

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